James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient about it, until it hath received the early and latter rain.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just man; he doth not resist you.
8Be ye also patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Cross References
Hosea 6:3Let us, therefore, know him; Let us ever strive to know Jehovah, His coming forth is sure as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter rain which watereth the earth.”
Zechariah 10:1Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain! It is Jehovah that maketh the lightning; And he will give you abundant showers, To every one the herb of the field.
Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. But yet, when the Son of man cometh, will he find faith on the earth?
Romans 2:7everlasting life to those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and incorruption;
Matthew Henry on James 5:2-12
Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and… Read the whole commentary →